Video | Entangled in the Fur Trade

A public talk by Dr. Kenneth M. AmesPortland, OregonNovember 18, 2010

Dr. Kenneth M. Ames is chair of the Portland State University Department of Anthropology and a recent past president of the Society for American archeology. He presented this talk, “Entangled in the Fur Trade: Or, the Archaeology of Contact on the Lower Columbia River” as the 2010 James B. Castles Lecture, November 18, 2010 at the Oregon Historical Society.

Dr. Ames discusses the metaphor of entanglement as it applies to interactions between groups of people and the relationship of archaeologists with contemporary Native Americans. Ames also addresses the maritime fur trade of the late 1700s and the high population numbers and densities on the Lower Columbia River.